Category: UK Politics
Watch live: Lammy faces PMQs grilling after Reeves hints at tax rises
Watch live as David Lammy, Britain’s deputy prime minister, faces Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (5 November).
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Reform UK treasurer’s company awarded £4.6m in damages from technology start-up
Candy Ventures Sarl, a portfolio of companies founded by Nick Candy, took legal action against Dutch businessman Robert Bonnier and his firm.
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Seven important changes rental reforms will bring for tenants
No-fault evictions should become a thing of the past
Read MoreDeported migrant sex offender given £500 to leave UK
Hadush Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from prison instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre, was given the money after threatening to disrupt his deportation to Ethiopia
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What is a ‘mansion tax’ and how would it work?
A new levy targeting wealth is reportedly under consideration by the chancellor
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Keir Starmer refuses to say if he stands by pledge not to raise taxes
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asked the prime minister on Wednesday whether he stuck by his pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT
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Attorney general hits out at ‘disgraceful allegations’ made towards PM in China spy case
Lord Hermer also said that he is ‘extremely concerned’ about the impact the case may have had on the public’s trust in the UK’s national security and criminal justice systems
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Reform MP admits to ‘gaming the benefits system’
The Reform MP added he wanted to crack down on the ‘anxiety generation’
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Tony Blair ‘has a contribution to make’ to Trump’s Gaza peace deal, UK’s Middle East minister says
Exclusive: Hamish Falconer has spoken to The Independent on Gaza and why cutting international aid has not made the migrant crisis worse
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Vietnam leader’s UK visit overshadowed by ‘interrogation’ of BBC journalist
Britain urged to pressure Vietnam over her release
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